...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
The Old Curiosity Shop
- 140 statements
- 26 feature instances
- 3 referencing feature instances
| The Old Curiosity Shop | type |
TVTItem | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | label |
The Old Curiosity Shop | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | page |
TheOldCuriosityShop | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | comment |
Charles Dickens's fourth novel, originally written in serial form from 1840-1841, before being published in book form in 1841.Can be read here.It has been adapted into several made-for-television movies (including a multipart series of BBC), two animated films, and even a musical film starring Anthony Newley, who also wrote the musical's songs, as Mr. Quilp. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | fetched |
2024-03-08T17:46:14Z | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | parsed |
2024-03-08T17:46:14Z | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | processingComment |
Dropped link to TheDeterminator: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | processingUnknown |
TheDeterminator | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_11630eaa | type |
The Gambling Addict | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_11630eaa | comment |
The Gambling Addict: Nell’s grandfather went deeply into debt gambling, trying to win enough money for Nell to live in security. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_11630eaa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_11630eaa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_11630eaa | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_23781532 | type |
Ironic Name | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_23781532 | comment |
Ironic Name: Sampson Brass. Samson is a powerful and brave hero in the Old Testament's Book of Judges, and brass is a strong metal. In contrast, Sampson Brass is a cowardly, spineless, and conniving man. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_23781532 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_23781532 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_23781532 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_2b7d29e1 | type |
Artifact Title | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_2b7d29e1 | comment |
Artifact Title: The titular curiosity shop itself vanishes from the story about a third of the way through. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_2b7d29e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_2b7d29e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_2b7d29e1 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_326a740c | type |
Scatterbrained Senior | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_326a740c | comment |
Scatterbrained Senior: Grandfather becomes this increasingly, due to old age together with the grief and the stress of his increasingly hopeless situation. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_326a740c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_326a740c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_326a740c | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_432e2c83 | type |
Caretaker Reversal | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_432e2c83 | comment |
Caretaker Reversal: Nell's grandfather was her guardian and caretaker throughout her childhood. As he becomes more mentally infirm and unable to cope with the stress of losing his house and shop, Nell basically becomes his caretaker - using the money she earns and her own good sense to keep them both alive while traveling the countryside together. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_432e2c83 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_432e2c83 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_432e2c83 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: Nell dies, and her grandfather, already mentally infirm, refuses to admit she is dead and sits every day by her grave waiting for her to come back until, a few months later, he dies himself. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4e3d253b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4e3d253b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4e3d253b | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: the first few chapters are narrated by a nameless man who meets Nell on a bridge, escorts her home to the Curiosity Shop, meets several other characters, and then escorts himself out of the story at the end of chapter three. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f4372e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f4372e9 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f84cdef | type |
Smug Snake | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f84cdef | comment |
Smug Snake: Both Quilp and his attorney Sampson Brass. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f84cdef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f84cdef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_4f84cdef | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: Those who fail to pay what they owe to Quilp wind up losing not only their property as debt compensation, but wind up imprisoned or institutionalized afterwards thanks to Quilp's Dirty Cop connections. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_50b05d30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_50b05d30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_50b05d30 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_557838d1 | type |
Adaptational Attractiveness | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_557838d1 | comment |
Adaptational Attractiveness: The Big Bad Daniel Quilp is described as a Gonk dwarf, and is clearly shown as such in the watercolor painting◊ by Joseph "Kyd" Clayton Clarke. In the 1975 musical, he is played by the handsome (and Casanova in real life) Anthony Newley. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_557838d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_557838d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_557838d1 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_635e1bff | type |
Sycophantic Servant | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_635e1bff | comment |
Sycophantic Servant: Sampson Brass, Quilp's attorney, is also his full-time lickspittle (even though he secretly despises Quilp). | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_635e1bff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_635e1bff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_635e1bff | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_723be11b | type |
Villain Has a Point | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_723be11b | comment |
Villain Has a Point: Cruel and ruthless though he is, Quilp isn't wrong to observe that those who are indebted to him are the authors of their own misfortunes due to their profligate spending habits, gambling addictions, etc. Had Nell's grandfather actually invested the money in something sensible rather than gambled it away, he wouldn't have lost everything to Quilp. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_723be11b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_723be11b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_723be11b | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_7453bc5b | type |
Spared by the Adaptation | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_7453bc5b | comment |
Spared by the Adaptation: Nell survives her illness in the 1979 anime. By extension, her grandfather survives as well. Grandfather in the 1995 Disney film version starring Peter Ustinov. In this version, Grandfather reconciles with his estranged brother after Nell's death, and their conversation implies that he has chosen to embrace what remains of his life with his surviving family and friends rather than waiting to die by Nell's grave as he did in the novel. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_7453bc5b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_7453bc5b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_7453bc5b | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_79b5990c | type |
Mr. Vice Guy | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_79b5990c | comment |
Mr. Vice Guy: Grandfather is a kindly old man who loves his granddaughter. However, his gambling addiction and his efforts to hide it make him reckless and dishonest with money. He even threatens and steals from Nell when she doesn't give him all of their money for the card table. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_79b5990c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_79b5990c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_79b5990c | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_8dd4a996 | type |
Identical Grandson | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_8dd4a996 | comment |
Identical Grandson: Invoked by the Single Gentleman, describing how in a set of family portraits, one face might constantly repeat, to explain how Nell's goodness was identical to that of her mother and grandmother. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_8dd4a996 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_8dd4a996 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_8dd4a996 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_95b7c400 | type |
Faux Affably Evil | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_95b7c400 | comment |
Faux Affably Evil: Quilp is capable of putting on a friendly facade when it suits his purposes, but it's always a transparent front. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_95b7c400 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_95b7c400 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_95b7c400 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a07afea2 | type |
Random Events Plot | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a07afea2 | comment |
Random Events Plot: As they wander across England, Nell and her grandfather meet an assortment of characters who for the most part have no long term effect on them as they travel. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a07afea2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a07afea2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a07afea2 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a68421bb | type |
Animated Adaptation | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a68421bb | comment |
Animated Adaptation: Two of them, actually: An anime series from 1979 named Wandering Girl Nell, and a Australian animated film from 1984. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a68421bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a68421bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_a68421bb | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Quilp's social interactions (when he's not actively threatening people) mostly consist belittling others with his sarcastic, cutting remarks. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ae3d6438 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_c3c91506 | type |
Depraved Dwarf | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_c3c91506 | comment |
Depraved Dwarf: Daniel Quilp, who relentlessly torments Nell, her Grandfather and his own wife, is one of the Trope Codifiers. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_c3c91506 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_c3c91506 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_c3c91506 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ca87e3ec | type |
No Name Given | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: Nell's grandfather, as well as The Single Gentleman | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ca87e3ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ca87e3ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_ca87e3ec | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_d397657d | type |
Hoist by His Own Petard | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: While running from the police, Quilp drowns in the River Thames because he's weighed down by his own bags of gold coins. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_d397657d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_d397657d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_d397657d | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_e5fd8bc2 | type |
Hate Sink | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_e5fd8bc2 | comment |
Hate Sink: Both Quilp and his toady attorney Sampson Brass. Apart from his dark and sarcastic sense of humor, Quilp has absolutely no redeeming or humanizing qualities. He's physically repulsive, cruel towards his long-suffering wife, verbally and physically abusive towards his underlings, and is extremely vindictive in his business dealings - always making sure that any and all who owe him money are not only bankrupted, but imprisoned or institutionalized. Sampson Brass, is arguably even more detestable - he's a fawning sycophant responsible for much of Quilp's legal dirtywork, even though he detests Quilp. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_e5fd8bc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_e5fd8bc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_e5fd8bc2 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_eb251937 | type |
Dirty Cop | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_eb251937 | comment |
Dirty Cop: Quilp bribes policemen to harass, beat, and selectively arrest those who owe him money. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_eb251937 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_eb251937 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_eb251937 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_fb5ab090 | type |
Loan Shark | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_fb5ab090 | comment |
Loan Shark: Quilp preys on naive and desperate people by offering them loans at very high interest that he knows they will never be able to repay. | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_fb5ab090 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_fb5ab090 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_fb5ab090 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_name | comment |
||
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
The Old Curiosity Shop / int_name | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop / int_name | itemName |
The Old Curiosity Shop |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
Depraved Dwarf / int_e3628ad4 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
Innocent Flower Girl / int_e3628ad4 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | hasFeature |
Present-Day Past / int_e3628ad4 |
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.